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Shanwalla

A Play in Three Acts

OVERVIEW

  • Playwright

    Lady Gregory 

  • Synopsis

    A play about underhand attempts to drug the racehorse Shanwalla.

  • Play Type

    Plays General

    Number Of Acts

    Full-Length

    • Cast size

  • Male

    9

  • Female

    3

  • Total

    12

Original Production

Original Cast  
Second Policeman Philip Guiry
First Policeman Michael Conniffe
A Boy Thomas O'Neill
Bride Scarry Kathleen Drago
Head Constable J A O'Rourke
Owen Connery J M Kerrigan
Hubert Darcy Sydney J Morgan
Lawrence Scarry H E Hutchinson
James Brogan Arthur Sinclair
Pat O'Malley Fred O'Donovan (1)
First Girl Eithne Magee
Second Girl Ann Coppinger
Production Team  
Produced by Andrew Patrick Wilson

Published Scripts

  • Title

    Shanwalla, by Lady Gregory

  • Year

    -191

  • Published By

    Putnam, G.P.

  • Address

    London
    England

Unpublished Scripts

  • Contact

    National Library of Ireland (Manuscripts Department)

  • Address

    Kildare Street
    Dublin 2
    Republic of Ireland

  • Phone

    +353 1 6030200

  • Email

    info@nli.ie

  • Website

    www.nli.ie

Rights Information

  • Copyright Expired

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and Ireland's Abbey Theatre: A History 1899-1951 by Lennox Robinson, with additional information from press cuttings of the time.